American Annual Register of Public Events, Volume 5Joseph Blunt G. and C. Carvill, 1832 - History |
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... honor to his head and his heart , and which he reiterated as his settled opinion in 1824 , left him free to call to his councils the ablest and most virtuous men of the nation , without regard to the party denominations by which they ...
... honor to his head and his heart , and which he reiterated as his settled opinion in 1824 , left him free to call to his councils the ablest and most virtuous men of the nation , without regard to the party denominations by which they ...
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... honor and profit under the government of the United States , was by no means an indication of any har- monious feeling prevailing among its leaders . The necessity which had kept its different sections to- gether while in opposition ...
... honor and profit under the government of the United States , was by no means an indication of any har- monious feeling prevailing among its leaders . The necessity which had kept its different sections to- gether while in opposition ...
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... honor of the United States , and to pro- mote the happiness and prosperity of a people whose title to their territory was undeniable , whose interests were becoming identi- fied with their white neighbors and who had been always ready ...
... honor of the United States , and to pro- mote the happiness and prosperity of a people whose title to their territory was undeniable , whose interests were becoming identi- fied with their white neighbors and who had been always ready ...
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... honor to represent . When I find a gentle- man of mature age and experi- ence of acknowledged talents and profound sagacity - pursuing a course like this , declining the contest from the West , and mak- ing war upon * 74 ANNUAL REGISTER ...
... honor to represent . When I find a gentle- man of mature age and experi- ence of acknowledged talents and profound sagacity - pursuing a course like this , declining the contest from the West , and mak- ing war upon * 74 ANNUAL REGISTER ...
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... honor and welfare of the country ? Sir , I will yield the whole question - 1 will ac- knowledge the fatal effects of slavery upon character , if any one can say , that for noble disinter- estedness , ardent love of country , 6 ...
... honor and welfare of the country ? Sir , I will yield the whole question - 1 will ac- knowledge the fatal effects of slavery upon character , if any one can say , that for noble disinter- estedness , ardent love of country , 6 ...
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Page 122 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 111 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities,...
Page 91 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 112 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Page 111 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 32 - Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 111 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history : the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure.
Page 122 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 96 - ... is dealing with one of whose temper and character he has yet much to learn. Sir, I shall not allow myself, on this occasion, I hope on no occasion, to be betrayed into any loss of temper; but, if provoked, as I trust I never shall...
Page 122 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...